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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
The Man VINO Made a President.



OF course, we do not assume that Mr.
j. Madison Wells did all this of his own
volition. 1t is well known that he did
not do so. 1t is not at all probable that.
if left To himself. he would have under
taken to wipe out 5000 ma jOrity in his
State. and give her vote to the men her
people had defeated. The plot was con-
ceived n far wilier brain than his. But
as a matter of fact, it was Mr.. Madison
Wells who was the arbiter of the fate of
this nation. Millions of men voted, and
their votes were worse than naught-
they were reversed at Mr. Wells dictum
1t Law absolutely with him to say who
should be President of the United States.
He proved his power by giving the posi-
tiOn to the candidate who was 100 900
votes in the minority before the people,
and who. without his (Mr. Wells) aid.
would have failed in the electoral col
leges.
Ii only needed the temperance of
this Mr.. Wells, old, poor, obscure, al
most forgotten, to emphasize the strange
freak that history played the American
people in that year. If the telegraph
correctly reports this once autOcrat, he
comes now in a threatening spirit to
those whom he alleges employed him to
reverse the election. He cannot add to
the strangeness of the episode in which
he figured by any later exhibition he
NAV make of himself.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERY.
The National Drill Camp at Washington
The Arrivals.


The Arrivals
WASHINGTON, May 21.-The arrange
ments for the National Drill which
begins Monday are practically complete.
and already a num!,er of militiamen are
comfortably quartered in the tents be
meath the shadow of the Washington
monument and the routine of camp life
has begun. Every train brings fresh ar
rivals and the officers of the drill have
every confidence in the complete
success of the undertaking. The
organizations already here are the Louis
lana Rifles. of New Orleans: the Chica-
go Zouaves, the Volunteer Southrons,
of Vicksburg; the SIuscatine Rifles, of
Muscatine, Iowa: the Toledo Cadets, of
Toledo, Ohio: the Cadets, of the Peeks-
kill, n. v, Military Academy and the
Monmouth Guards, of Monmouth. ILL.,
The Fort Wayne Rifles, of Fort Wayne
and the Belknap Rifles. of San Anto-
Mo- Tex, are expected tonight.
TO-morrows arrivals will include the
indianapolis Light Artillery, the LomaX
Rifles. of Mobile: Company ID, Thirty
Second New York State Guard, and two
companies of the Second Ohio and the
Jackson Rifles, of Michigan. The last
named company will bring with them one
hundred and thirty-five visitors. who
will be tented in the Agricultural
grounds
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
FIRE IN A CHILDREN'S HOME.
Suspicious Outbreak of FIames-TIe
Church Father McGIynn Had.

Suspicious Outbreak of FIames-The
Church Father McGIynn Had.
NEW YORK, May 21.-AbOut 3 o'clock
this morning fire occurred for the
second time within a month in the
church property of ST. Stephens parish,
of which Dr. McGlynn formerly had
charge. The children had just concluded
the devotional exercises of the morning
at st. Stephens Home, Nos. 143 and 14j
East Twenty-eighuh street, when flames
were discovered issuing from the big Gu
pOla skylight of the institution. \ mes
senger FASTENED to sound an alarm while
the children, panicstricken. were quickly
marshalled on the ground floor of the
building by the sisters in charge of the
institution.
The fire was soon eXtinguished. The
bulkhead of the skylight was found to
have been burned away from the cupola.
The police and firemen regard the affair
with suspicion. At the time 100 chill
dren ranging from three to fifteen years
in age and sixteen. or eighteen sisters
Were in the building. a sister who dis
covered the fire found that it STATED in
bundle of clothing that was stored be-
meath the cupola- a sister was severely
burned while endeavoring to quench the
flames with blankets
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
PUBLIC VS.. PRIVATE LIFE.
A Letter from President Cleveland on the
Obligations of Once

obligations of Once.
WHMISGToN. DEL, May 21--Erery
EreniHg prints to-day the following auto
graph letter from President Cleveland:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON. May Is.
MI; VI Rabelin' ouartermasrer Wilmington
DEAR SIR am in receipt of your
letter of the 9Th inst. transmitting a
handsomely engrossed resolutions of
General U. 5. Grant Post, No. IS, APP
proving of my executive action in veto
ing the Dependent Pension bill. | beg
TO express through you to the members
of the Post my appreciation of
for the courtesy manifested in
the form of their approval Ii some
times happens that the official conduct
clearly demanded by the operative obli-
CATION of public duty is made difficult
by counter influences and inclinations
which grow out of sympathy. or by the
disposition to follow with ease and COM
fort the apparent current of popular
opinion.
Those of our citizens not holding office.
and thus entirely free from the solemn
obligation of protecting the interests of
the people, often fail 10 realize that
their public servants are. to
a large extent, debarred i'm
official action from the indulgence of
these charitable impulses which in pri
vate life are not only harmless but com
mendable, while the deprivation should
be regarded as one of the stern incidents
Of the faithful performance of official
d6ty, and while it shoulu be endured
with the resignation arising from an un-
faltering faith in the ultimate justice of
the American people, it is nevertheless
gratifying to receive such expressions as
are contained in the resolutions now be-
fore me. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
THE POPE AND M'GLYNN.
A Letter Concerning the Contumaeious
Preist-What Henry George Says

Preist-What Henry George says
NEW YORK, May 21.-Archbishop Cor
rigan has received a letter from the Pope
expressing his grief at the rebellion,
as it is termed, of Father McGlynn and
the priests who sympathize with him
and the condemnation of the doctrines
of Henry George. 1t alludes to ''craftily
devised Vaccinations and open conspir-
acy of faction, and adv ises answering
firmness in applying all the archbishop 5
strength in the defense of the sanctity of
the faith against the cOntumacy, the
ISLANDERS and reproaches of Father Nc
Glynn and his priestly sympathizers-
Henry George was shown the Pope's
letter, and after he had read it he said ::
This is in reply, no doubt, to a garbled
statement which Archbiship Corrigan
sent to the Pope. 1t does not decide the
case at all, for Pope Leo has not exam
ined both sides of the question. L think
it does not amount to much"
During the reading of the letter George
ridiculed number OF expressions, and
said he felt sorry for rich bishop who
thought that he had been so badly used
that he had To write whining letters to
the HOLY See
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
Very Old Seeds.



If the termination of mummy wheat
is not sufficiently authenticated. there is
the case recorded by DIR. Lindley of some
raspberries raised i'm the gard an of the
horticultural society from seed taken
from the stomach of man
whose skeleton was found thirty feet
below the surface of the earth at
the bottom of a barrow which was
opened near Dorchester. He had been
buried with some coins of the Emperor
Hadrian, and it is therefore probable
that the seeds were seventeen hundred
years old" And some years ago, in
Paris, when a number of very old
houses were being pulled down in the
"Cite," to make room for Haussmannian
improvements, some dark looking earth
taken from the foundation of one
of those houses was found to
contain seeds which, being carefully
planted under glass bell, germinated in
due time and proved to he seeds of Jun
Gus bufonius, l.. This plant affects
damp, marshy places such as the island
was on which Lutetia Parisorum grew
up. II was therefore admitted as very
probable that those seeds must have
been dormant in the ground ever since
the time when the Cite" marshes be-
came dried up, and the ground began To
be occupied by houses.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
The Richest Negro In the Country.
Omaha Herald.

The colored graduate of West Point,
Lieutenant Flipper, who was dismissed
from the service for malfeasance in Of
flee, seems to have fallen upon his feet,
and is destined to be a millionaire. Flip
per went to Mexico and there took SER
vice in the Mexican army. Lately he
syndicate engaged i'm the discovery of
the traditional mines of Mexico" These
were seven i'm number, from which the
early Spanish conquerors drew great
wealth i'm gold and silver. Lieutenant
Flipper's party is reported to have dis
covered two or three mines, the Quay
nopa and the Layonda. One is a gold
and the other a silver mine, with mex
haustIble supplies of metal. Lieutenant
Flipper, who is en- route to Chicago, will
have a share. and the prospect is that he
will in time he the wealthiest negro on
the continent
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION.

Retrenchment in the Internal Revenue
serviee-A New Order Issued
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The President
issued an order to-day changing and con-
solidating a number of Internal Revenue
Districts throughout the country. Dis
tricts in the Southern States are affected
by this order in the following manner:
The District of Mississippi is consolidated
with the District of Louisiana; the
three present Districts of North Carolina
are re-arranged and divided into two
districts to- be known as the Fourth and
and Fifth Districts of North Carolina;
the Fourth District of Virginia is con-
solidated with the Sixth District
of Virginia. Under this or
der of reorganization the fol-
lowing Districts viii be abolished and
the collectors thereof retired: District
of Nevada; District of Rhode Island; Sec
ond District of Illinois; Fourth District
of Illinois; Eleventh District of Indiana;
Fourth District of Iowa; District of Della
ware; Tenth District of Massachusetts,;
District of Mississippi; Fourth Dirtrict of
Missouri; District of Maine; District of
Vermont; Third District of New Jersey;
Fifteenth District of New York: Sixth
District of North Carolina; Sixth District
of Ohio; Nineteenth District of Pennsyl-
vania; Twenty-second District of Penn
sylvania. First District of Texas; Fourth
District of Virginia; Third District of
Wisconsin: Sixth District of Wisconsin;
being in all twenty two Districts.
Commissioner Miller says that the new
arrangement of districts will not in any
manner interfere with the convenience
of the taxpayers, and will save to the
Government more than 100000 an
nually. 1t is said to- be the intention to
require such collectors as are now oc-
cupying rented offices to remove to the
Government buildings in all cases where
it is practicable. and it is also probable
that other changes will be made which
will insure still greater economy and
efficiency in the management of this
branch of the Government service. The
order of consolidation was carefully con-
sidered, aud was agreed upon by the
President, the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
GREW HOT OVER 1T.
Excitement rn the PRESBYTERIAN Genera
Assembly AT st. Louis.

Assembly at IT. Louis
ST LOUIS, May 2l.-Quite furry and
considerable excitement occurred in the
Presbyterian General Assembly. this
morning when on the reading of YES
terday's minutes. it was discovered that
a resolution adopted yesterday regard
ing organic union was not recorded as
il was printed. DIR. Farris. of st. Louis.
Permanent Clerk. took exception TO
some remarks of DIR. Smoot's as a per-
sonal reflection on him and got warm
over il, but a correction was finally made
and the matter dropped.
DIR. Palmer. from the Standing Com
mittee on Foreign Missions reported re-
garding the proffered resignation of Doc
tors LeFevre. Bullock and Flurney and
Elder Anderson, as members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, and recommended
that the resignation be not accepted.
\ telegram was received from the
General Assembly at Omaha extending
fraternal greeting and stating that they
had unanimously approved of the decla-
ration of principles adopted by the
synod of Missouri in 1886.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
Forest Tires in Nichigan.

CHEBoYGAN, MICH, May 21.-The
farmers in this county are fighting forest
fires to protect their lives and homes
from being destroyed. Immense tracts
of log timber are surrounded by fire, and
the drought has dried up all the creeks
so that the mills can hardly be supplied
with logs and may have to shut down
until the situation is more favorable. In
the vicinity of Hammonds Bay the
roaring of the fire is terrible, and every
thing is laid waste in its path Unless
rain soon comes the loss to farmers and
lumber in this section will be heavy.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
THE TURF.

LOUISVILLE, May 21.-Closing day of
the races:
First race, three-quarter mile heat: Our
Friend first: LOftin second; Ira F.
Bride. third. Time 1:114.
Second heat: Lisland won by neck.
Time: 1:17i.
Last heat: Our Friend won by a half
length. Time 1:164-
Second race, five-eights mile, Jack
Cook won. Time: 1:05s.
Third race, 1-6 miles, Irish Pat, first
Miss Ford, second: OFallon, third.
Time. 2:12.<
Fourth race, one and three-eights mile
Irish Pat won by two lengths. Time
2.26.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
A Defence OF Pie.

Cotton Mather Smith in the Epoch
comes to the defence Of pie, He says
that good pie does not cause Dyspepsia
i. is, moreover, one Of the most paiata-
ble dishes that can be set before true
and patriotic American. Emerson ate
pie for breakfast all his life, and Car
iyle never ate any. Yet which
Was the dyspeptic Go 10, ye
imitators of English clothes and
French dishes! Ye cannot abolish piei
The rich gold Of the pumpkin, the bright
canary Of the custard, the carmine OF
the cherry, peeping through the demi-
lunes nm the fiaky top crust, will cheer
the eve Of the true American epicure
long after English and French fashions
are gone out of style and though every
bill Of fare in the country should become
a carte de menu.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
Gave His Life for Others.

WnKsBARRE, PA, May 21.-Michael
Hammond. a conductor on the Delaware
and Hudson Railway, was killed this
afternoon. As his train was moving out
from the depot at Parsons he noticed a
woman and little boy on the track di-
rectly in front of the engine who had
become bewildered. Mr.. Hammond
jumped from car, ran along the track
and finally pushed them both down an
enbankment. In doing so he staggered
back and fell under the cars and was
instantly killed. His body was horribly
manOlel
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
The Event Justifies Us.

Speaker PaSco has done the sensible
thing and Florida will not forget him.
PALATKA NEWS.
When Sam PascO Withdrew his name
for the Gubernatorial nomination for the
sake of party harmony six years ago, il
was said then that the Democratic party
of Florida would never forget his mag
nanin,ity. But it did. Actuated by
the same patriotic motives. he again
Withdrew his name at the Pensacola
Convention. Again he was forgotten.
He now withdraws his name from the
Senatorial contest and again he Will be
forgotten. \ man who acts the patriot
in Florida gets left every time. He must
content himself with unofficial honors.
But the respect of ones fellowmen per-
haps is to be esteemed as much as office
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
THE RIVER LINES.
Their Tariffs set by the Rail Lines, not
by Themselves.

by Themselves.
WASHINGTON, May Ell. w. Bryant.
representing the steamboat interests on
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers addressed
the Interstate Commerce Commission
briefly, to-day, in opposition to a further
suspension of the Fourth Section as re-
spects the roads competitinS with the
river lines. He submitted affidavits in
refutation of the testimony of railroad
men that the river lines have no fixed
tariff. These show that the steamboats,,
As their managers phrase it, ''have,
unfortunately for us, tariff rates
which are made by our enemies and
competitors, the all rail lines. THE
affidavit sets forth that the boats are
governed absolutely and entirely by
rates and the tariffs first set by the
Louisville and Nashville, the Cincinnati
Southern, Ohio and Mississippi and the
Chesapeak and Ohio Railways and their
connections and that in all cases the
river men take the printed rates of the
road for their guide"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
BASE BALL.
Meeting of fn~> couthern League Directors
birmingham Admitted.

Meeting of fsa> SOuthern League Directors
birmingham Admitted.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, May 21.-The di-
rectors of the Southern Base Ball League
who have been in session here since yes
terday, adjourned to-day. The most i'm
portant business transacted was the ad-
mission of Birmingham into the League
in place of Mobile, withdrawn. The
former will begin to play June 1, having
taken Mobiles place in the schedule.
CHARLESTON, May 21.-Nine innings ::
Charleston ---......-.. ...-.4OO2OOOOc-
New Orleans .----.-.--.-----I L o o O. .
Bsase Charleston L. New Orleans 5. Err
rurs CLarieston3. New Orleans 4. Batteries
Hengler and Grady, for Charleston; Powell
and Wells for New Orleans
Boston, May 21.-Nine innings
Boston 49, ---.--------.------.--.4 OIL O..22-I6
Indianapolis northumberland o OF 90 02-3 3
Base hts-Boston 2I, indianapolis O. Errors
and Tate, Cahill and Hackett-
BALTIMORE, May 21.-Nine innings:
Cincinnati -------------- 10000 0020I-4
Baltimore. -----.--.----.O o o , , D . ;
Base hits-Cincinnati i, Baltimore L. Errors
Cincinnati 3 Baltimore B.
ST. LOUIS, May 2l.-Nine innings:
St. Louis, ----..-2I61IOOO
brooklyn -------------------l q > O.
Base hits-St- Louis L., Brooklyn I3- Errors
ST. Louis ), Brooklyn3 }.
LOUISVILLE, NAV 21.-Nine innings:
Louisville e.-.--.-..-..---.3O 3OO2 10000
Metropolitan ------.--.-. II o = o D O.
Base hits-LouisviIle =, MetrOpoIitans s. En-
rors-Louisville :, Metropolitans J.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Nine innings:
Washington -..- .-..---I 100000
Detroit. t.-....---..---.---.---.3O . 20 o D o -
Base hits-washngtOn :, Detroit IL Errors
Washington ,, Detroit >. BatterieS-Weidman
and Brody, O'Day and Dealy-
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.-Nine inn
ings:
PHILADELPHIA a.----.....I O2OOI-4
Chicago u U ID : U u
Base hits-PhiIadeIphia 9, Chicago = Errors
Philadelphia 3, Chicago B. Batteries-fergu-
son and Clements, Baldwin and DAILY
NEW YORK, May 21.-Nine innings:
New York .- -.-.-.-------0 o 04 600 /
Pittsburg.- --.-.---..--.--.-2 - 0 } 5000 90 >
Base hits-New York :. Pittsburg 9. Errors
New York o, Pittsburg :.
CLEvELANb. o.. May 21.-Nine inn
ings:
Cleveland ---.----.-.---O l q : : , -
Athletics .------.-- ---------S y 5 : U : U-Z
Base hits-Cleveland -, Athletics 2l--Errors
Cleveland ), Athletics =
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
The burning of Lake Linden.

NEGAUNEE. Mich, May 2l.-Furrher
particulars of the burning of Lake Lin
den have been received. The losses are
now estimated at a million and a quarter
to a million and half, with about $500
900 insurance. Messrs. Neuman * Ire
lease and William Harris are the prin-
cipal losers, each losing about 5000
AS the stamp mills and smelling works
We're saved, not near SO many men will
be thrown out of work as was at first
feared
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
CHOATE
Case of Yellow Fever at Key West.

Case OF n SeIIOW Fever at Key West.
Special to the PdIdtkd NeIUs.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, May 21.-A tele-
gram was received here from Key West
by the Neecs stating that one sporadic cas-
of yellow fever lad developed in a man
named Baker. The Board of Health had
the patient removed to an isolated place.
No danger of the disease spreading is
feared
Nick Lucas, white man employed in
Wallace & Cashen's saw mill, was hit on
the head by failing plank this morning.
1t is thought he is fatally injured.
IARTER
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
How TO Treat Sewers.
mes-Democrat

Alanson Sibley, ten years on the
Board of Sewer Commissions of Detroit,
advocates furnace and chimney of
strong draught at the mouth of the
main sewer, to create "A constant suction
of the gases away from the houses and
into a consuming chamber in the fur
mace. He believes that the deadly pest
of sewer gas will never be got rid of but
by some system of unvarying artificial
ventilation of sewers. The method he
proposes could be more effectively oper-
ated by a comparatively small gas flame,
with proper fue building, than with a
costly coal fire, provided the gases can
be otherwise neutralized or disposed of.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
New Railroad in Tennessee.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 2L-Mr.
W. S. Chamberlin was to-day elected
president of the Alabama and Tennessee
Railroad. This is a line yet to be built
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
system will build it Mt once to extend
the Memphis and Charleston road into
this city. The Tennessee River will he
bridged at this point. Operations will
begin within a fortnight.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22

The Indicted Indianapolis Republicans.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21.-The politicians
indicted by the Federal Grand jury yes
terday, for conspiracy and forgery in the
election of last fall, all came into Court
this morning. and gave bonds for their
appearance for trial. Gen Carnahan
alone did not appear, he being in Wash
ington at the National drill. w. F. Bar
rows, another Republican indicted with
Gen. Carnahan, is charged with voting
twice. Eleven Democrats are indicted
for conspiracy, and six of them, Coy.
Bernhamer, Counselman; Budd, Matt
lock and Perkins are separately indicted
for overt acts in connection Herewith.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
Death of Hon. Zachary L. Craw ford

Death of Hon. Zachary T. Crawford.
Special To- the Pdldtkd Nelcs.
GAINESVILLE, FLA, May 21.-IIOn.
Zachary Il. Crawford, Receiver of the
United States Land Office at this place
who has been very low with relapse of
typhoid fever, died tonight at eight
O'Clock. He is well known throughout
the State, having been at one time one
of the leading lawyers of Manatee
County. He was also a member of the
Legislature. The remains will be sent
to Bainbridge, Ga, tomorrow, for
burial.
The battalion of the East Florida Sem
mary fired IL salute, this evening in
honor of the passage of the bill appropri-
atinS $4,000 to- that institution.
CORP
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
Two Philadelphia Rep orters Killed.

PHILADELPHIA. May 21.-Two bright
young newspaper reporters were killed
at Germantown Junction, to-day, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. They had been
to May festival in an official capacity
and when about to return to their offices
they, in their hurry to catch the train,
leaped over the railing protecting the
main line of the road and undertook to
cross the track ahead of the fast New
York Express One tripped and fell
and the other fell on top of him Both
We're cut to pieces Their names Were
Shepherd of the Record, and Isaacs of
the Times, aged "a and 20 years re-
spectively.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
4 Man Who is Always Eating.
Troy Telegram.

There is funny little old man in Es-
sex, Mass. who Is always eating. Three
meals day are only an aggravation to
his appetite. He will rise at O'Clock in
the morning and eat slice of meat,
some eggs, several pieces of bread, cut
of ham and perhaps a few potatoes At
: O'Clock he eats a hearty breakfast.
At he has another. About 10 he be
gins to grow hungry again. And so,
like an avenging Nemesis, hunger chases
him day and night. He is always crav-
ing food and yet more than one reputa-
bic physician says he is perfectly we'll